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PROGRESSIVEOPPORTUNITIES2012SurveyResults


2/21

#1Whichsessionsdidyouattend?(71respondents)

30%

27%

23%23%

32%

20%

34%

23%

14%

28%

10% 11%

21%

14%

9%

14%

9%

13%

28%

20%

17% 16%

21% 21%

16%

6%

PercentageofRespondents

AttendinglistedSessions

%


3/21


Session%

# Details

withArnoHesse SlowMone NorthernCalifornia

Crowdfundingforlocal(food)economies Part1 30% 21

,

Elizabeth,FinanceforFood;JennyKassan,

CuttingEdgeCapital;MaryRick,TheHoopFund

ArnoHesse,SlowMoneyNorthernCalifornia;

Elizabeth,FinanceforFood;JennyKassan,

Crowdfundingforlocal(food)economies Part2 27% 19 CuttingEdgeCapital;MaryRick,TheHoopFund

Visualizingasharingeconomy 23% 16

Janelle

Orsi,

Author

of

The

Sharing

Solution

and

Director,SustainableEconomiesLawCenterand

LawOfficesofJanelleOrsi

thesinglemostimportantcampaign Mark

Campaignfinancereform 23% 16

McLeod,SustainableBusinessAllianceof

Oakland/Berkeley;CaliforniaStateSenatorLoni

JayYoungdahl,EastBayExpressandHarvard

Fellowat

the

Institute

for

Responsible

Investment;

(Responder)EdwardChurch,Institutefor

Thenewsustainabletheoryofinvesting 32% 23

EnvironmentalEntrepreneurship

Stateandnationalsmallbusinesspolicy 20% 14

ScottHauge,SmallBusinessCalifornia;David

Bowdin,AmericanSustainableBusinessCouncil

BCorporationabetterwaytodobusiness 34% 24 AndyFyfe,B

Timothy

Yee,

Green

Retireme

SlowMoneyinvestingasiffood,farms,&fertilitymatter 23% 16 WoodyTasch,SlowMoney


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Newcommunity buildingtechinnovationpresentation 14% 10

yLoca On S a anoImran,Loca On;Davi

Tolioupov,LocalOn;ShariGodinez,Koreatown

NorthgateCommunityBenefitsDistrict;Darlene

Drapkin,UrbanTransformationandTemescal

TelegraphBID

Howcanwebuildamoreresilientsociety? 28% 20 RichardHeinberg,PostCarbonInstitute

Economicdevelopmentforourcommunities 10% 7

thepotentialofdecentralizedenergysystems Al

Weinrub,LocalCleanEnergyAlliance

Whentheeconomysrotten,sellcompost 11% 8

:trans orm ngeco og ca cr s s ntocommun ty

opportunities

KirstenSchwind,

Bay

Localize;

David

KantWofford,BayLocalize

KasperKoczab,NetworkofBayAreaWorker

Cooperatives(NoBAWC);DaveKaroly,Networkof

Workercooperativessustainableeconomicdevelopment 21% 15

BayAreaWorkerCooperatives(NoBAWC);Jenny

Kassan,CuttingEdgeCapital

,and

how

to

include

your

friends

in

the

(food)

revolution YoniLandau,Coo erativeFood

Thenonprofitindustrialcomplex,cooperatives 14% 10

,

EmpowermentDirective(CoFED)

savingmoney,energy,andtimewhilepromoting

creativityandcollaborationthroughremote,flex

space,andotherprogressiveworkplacemodels

Alternativeworkplacemodels 9% 6 MatthewBauer,BetterWorldTelecom

Financingyoursmallbusiness 14% 10

SeanMurphy,InnerCityAdvisors;KellyLovlien,

WorkingSolutions;AlejandroVelez,Backtothe

Roots

Sustainablecommunities

9% 6

advancingcleanenergy,waterefficiency,and

smartgrowthintheEastBay AndyKatz,EBMUD;

StateAssemblywoman,NancySkinner,14th

District


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CarlHall,MediaWorkers;JohnLogan,UCBerkeley

LaborCenter;AndreasCluver,Buildingand

ConstructionTradesCouncilofAlamedaCounty;

KerianneSteele,Weinberg,Roger&Rosenfeld;Jay

Unionsandtheneweconomy 13% 9

Youngdahl,EastBayExpressandYoungdahl&Citti,

P.C.

andhowtojoinwithOccupytobuildpowerful

coalitionsforchangeSaraMizner,OccupyOakland;

WhyOccupychangeseverything 28% 20

P o e eSorgen,OccupyBer e ey;Maria

Gastelumendi,Rising

Loafer

Cafe

&

Bakery;

Susie

Cagle,FreelanceJournalist;ScottRossi,OccupySF

:adocumentaryfilmpreviewanddiscussionwith

thecomedytroupeandfilmmakers W.Kamau

LaughterAgainsttheMachine 20% 14 Bell,NatoGreen,MikePaunovich,EvanDonn

theeconomicargumentforkeepingitlocal Linda

Currie,TransitionBerkeley;SusanSilber,BuyLocal

Berkeley;Carolina

Miranda,

Sustainable

Business

Alliance;ErinKilmerNeel,OaklandGrown;Hut

Localizationmovement 17% 12

,

Landon,SFLocallyOwnedMerchantsAssociation

Bikenomics 16% 11

andourlocaleconomy ReneeRivera,EastBay

BicycleCoalitionGuillaumeLebleu,BernalBucks,JessicaNowlan,

Ho e Solutions Merchant Services Charlie Rebich

ComplementaryandalternativecurrenciestotheUSdollar 21% 15

,

OaklandAcorn/OaklandGrownCard;ErinKilmer

Neel,OaklandGrownCard;MiraLuna,BACETime

publicbanks,workercooperativebanks,and

progressivebankingpractices MarcArmstrong,

Alternativebankingmodels 21% 15

,

CoopCreditUnion;EstherPark,RSFSocialFinance

TouroftheHUB 16% 11 (4thFloor)between11am

Saturday'sBike

Tour 6% 4

of

Worker

Coops

in

Berkeley


6/21

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

AvgRatingoutof4.0

AvgRatingoutof4.0

0

What did you think of the sessions?(71 respondents)


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Whatdidyouthinkofthesessions?(71respondents)

Whatdidyouthinkofthesessions? 71 res ondents

AvgRating Strongly

A reeAgree Disagree Strongly

disa ree

Whatdidyouthinkofthesessions?(71respondents)

outof4.0

Thespeakerswerewellinformedintheirsubjectmatter: 3.45 53.5%(38) 38.0%(27) 1.4%(1) 4.2%(3)IlearnednewthingsthatIcanapplyinmylife/business: 3.21 35.7%(25) 48.6%(34) 10.0%(7) 2.9%(2)Igotinspired: 3.29

51.4%(36)

31.4%(22) 8.6%(6) 7.1%(5)

Imadegoodconnectionsattheevent: 3.02

28.2%(20)

40.8%(29)

15.5%(11) 5.6%(4)

Thisconferencemademewantto 37.1% 50.0%learnmore: 3.22 (26) (35) 7.1%(5) 4.3%(3)Thisconferencemademewanttogetmoreinvolved: 3.09 27.1%(19) 57.1%(40) 10.0%(7) 4.3%(3)Iwishthesessionswerelonger: 2.57

16.9%(12)

28.2%(20)

45.1%(32) 7.0%(5)w s eac spea er a more me

totalk: 2.59 . (12) . (19) . (31) 5.9%(4)IwishIhadmoretimetoaskquestionsatsessions: 2.79 24.3%(17) 32.9%(23) 35.7%(25) 4.3%(3)


8/21


9/21

Favorite:JanelleOrsi,VisualizingaSharingEconomyGuillaume,Mira,PollyPrattAlternativeCurrenciesBecausepersonal,passionate,playfulLeast:

Youngdahl,NewSustainableTheoryofInvestingBecausenothingnew,justwentoverold

Favorite:

Localization

&

Co

op

bike

ride

Least:

When

the

economy's

rotten

Favorite:RichardHeinberg;SlowMoney;BCorporation;Bikenomics.Igainednewinformationandinspirationfromthespeakersinvolvedinthose

sessions.Ididn'tgetmuchfromtheOccupysession overallthespeakersdidn'tseemtohaveadepthofinsightorideasabouthowtheOccupy

movementfitsintolargereconomicissuesorfutureimpactsthemovementcouldhave.Theonlyspeakerwhoseemedunpreparedandinarticulatewas

MarkMcLeadduringthecampaignfinancesession.IlefthalfwaythroughtogototheBayLocalize"compost"session,whichwascreativeandwonderful.

Favorites:Woody

Tasch

Slow

Money,

California

State

Senator

Loni

Hancock,

State

Assemblywoman

Nancy

Skinner,

Richard

Heinberg

Post

Carbon

Institute,andAlWeinrub LocalCleanEnergyAlliance.Thesewereallgoodspeakerswithaconcisemessageandlotsmoretosay.LeastFave;Yoni

Landau,CooperativeFoodEmpowermentDirective.He'saniceguyandhisheartisinagoodplacebuthispresentationwasabitspaceyandthecrowd

wastoolargeforhisactivity(Ithink).

financingyoursmallbusiness

Havingbeenintheenergy,climateandsustainabilityarenasince1994Ifoundthatoverall,thesessionsweretooshorttodivedeeplyenoughonany

topic.

I

left

feeling

more

frustrated

than

feeling

it

was

time

well

spent.

At

the

same

time

I

recognize

that

the

cross

section

of

the

attendees

makes

it

quite

difficulttochangethatformat.

HearingfromLoriHancockregardingthechallengesweareupagainsttomakeCampaignFinancereformarealityandwhatwecandoaboutit.Ialso

enjoytheslowmoneyconversationverymuchbecausethisisanareawhereIwantto"invest"mymoneyin.

Heinberg'ssessionwasmyfavorite.

HiJody,I'mtakingthissoIcanseewhatthelayoutisandwhatquestionsarebeingasked,butIdidn'tgettoattendanyothersessions.ciao, k


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11/21

#4 Whichvendorboothsdidyouvisit?(57Respondents)

#4 Whichvendorboothsdidyouvisit?(57Respondents)

Vendor Count Percent

Mills'LokeyGraduateSchoolofBusiness 10 17.50%

PresidioGraduateSchool 14 24.60%

Count

EBMUD 15 26.30%

NewResourcesBank 21 36.80%

YokayoBiofuelsOaklandGrown/Sustainable

HungryMindRecordings

.

CityCarShare 17 29.80%

RainbowGrocery 22 38.60%

EcologyCenter 24 42.10%YokayoBiofuels 10 17.50%

OnePacificCoastFoundationCityCarShare

RainbowGroceryEcologyCenter

Count

ance uy oca er e ey as

BayGreenDrinks/BayAreaGreenTours

(sharedbooth) 14 24.60%

HungryMind

Recordings 4 7.00% PresidioGraduateSchool

EBMUD

NewResourcesBank

NetworkofBayAreaWorkerCollectives

NoBAWC(2ndFloor) 21 36.80%0 10 20 30

Mills'LokeyGraduateSchool


12/21

HowdidyouhearabouttheConference(byPercentage)

EastBayExpress emaileBlast

EastBayExpress website

32%

13%31%

23 EastBayExpress Facebook/Twitter

OaklandGrown

SustainableBusinessAlliance

9%

3%

7%

10%

0%3%1%1%

1%

BuyLocalBerkeley

SFLOMA

3%

BayAreaGreenTours

DavidBrowerCenter

RebuildtheDream/VanJones

GreenChamberofCommerce

Wordofmouth

Other


13/21

#5.Howdidyoufindoutaboutthisconference?(71respondents)

SourcePercenta

geCount

East Ba Ex ress the a er 32% 23

#5.Howdidyoufindoutaboutthisconference?(71respondents)

EastBayExpress emaileBlast 13% 9

EastBayExpress website 9% 6

EastBayExpress Facebook/Twitter 3% 2

Oa an Grown 7% 5

SustainableBusiness

Alliance 10% 7

BuyLocalBerkeley 0% 0

SFLOMA 3% 2

EastBayGreenDrinks 3% 2

BayAreaGreenTours 1% 1

DavidBrowerCenter 1% 1

RebuildtheDream/VanJones 1% 1

GreenChamberofCommerce 1% 1

Wordofmouth 31% 22

Other 23% 16


14/21

#6.Howoftenwouldyougotoaconferencelikethisone?(70respondents)

HowOften % Count

#6.Howoftenwouldyougotoaconferencelikethisone?(70respondents)

2.90%1.40%

2.90%

Howoftenwouldyougotoaconference.

Onceannually 35.70% 25Twiceannually 41.40% 29Quarterly 18.60% 13

Monthly 2.90% 2

35.70%18.60%

nceannua yTwiceannuallyQuarterly

Monthly

Notlikelyagain 1.40% 1Other 2.90% 2

41.40%

o e yaga nOther


15/21

#7.Whatdidyouthinkoftheeventvenueandlogistics?(69Respondents)

Rating Response

Average Count

StronglyDisagree

#7.Whatdidyouthinkoftheeventvenueandlogistics?(69Respondents)StronglyAgree Agree Disagree

Theeventlocationworkedwellforme: 72.5%(50) 20.3%(14) 4.3%(3) 2.9%(2) 3.62 69Sundayworkedwellforme: 51.5%(35) 38.2%(26) 5.9%(4) 4.4%(3) 3.37 68Itwaseasytobuytickets: 50.7%(35) 31.9%(22) 7.2%(5) 2.9%(2) 3.41 69Findingoutinformationabouttheeventwaseasy: 40.6%(28) 44.9%(31) 10.1%(7) 2.9%(2) 3.25 69Iwascomfortableintheconferencerooms: 49.3%(34) 43.5%(30) 4.3%(3) 2.9%(2) 3.39 69Icouldhearthespeakerswell: 50.7%(35) 42.0%(29) 1.4%(1) 4.3%(3) 3.41 69Registrationwassmooth: 58.0%(40) 29.0%(20) 5.8%(4) 2.9%(2) 3.48 69T eeventprogramgui ewas e p u : 47.8% 33 34.8% 24 7.2% 5 4.3% 3 3.34 69Ifeltliketheeventwaswellorganized: 43.5%(30) 49.3%(34) 2.9%(2) 4.3%(3) 3.32 69Ihadanopportunitytonetworkwithattendees: 26.9%(18) 47.8%(32) 16.4%(11) 4.5%(3) 3.02 67Ihadanopportunitytonetworkwithspeakers: 23.2%(16) 42.0%(29) 27.5%(19) 4.3%(3) 2.87 69Ifoundtheeventstaffandvolunteershelpful: 40.6%(28) 47.8%(33) 0.0%(0) 5.8%(4) 3.31 69

. . . . .


16/21

Registrationwassmooth:Theeventprogramguidewashelpful:

Ifeltliketheeventwaswellorganized:Ihadanopportunitytonetworkwithattendees:

Ihadanopportunitytonetworkwithspeakers:Ifoundtheeventstaffandvolunteershelpful:

Therewaseasyaccesstofoodanddrinks:

RatingAverage(Outof4)

RatingAverage

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

Theeventlocationworkedwellforme:Sundayworkedwellforme:

Itwaseasytobuytickets:Findingoutinformationabouttheeventwaseasy:

Iwascomfortableintheconferencerooms:Icouldhearthespeakerswell:


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8 Wh t f db k i l di i t i ld t t t ti ?


19/21

8.Whatfeedback,includingnewsessiontopics,wouldyouwanttoseenexttime?

Westillhaveawealthofprogressivemindedcompaniesandprojectsthrivinginthebayareaforexamplealternativefuelproviders(SironaFuelsof

Oakland)sinceoilissuchahotbuttontopicthesedays.

Wouldappreciateastructuredforumfornetworking(matchmakingsession?)Wouldbegreattoscheduleabreakforlunch therewasnotimebetween

sessionsforfoodornetworking.Wasstructuredasonethingrightafteranother.

WouldsuggestincorporatingsomeOpenSpacetimewhereattendeescancollectaroundlikesubjectsofinterest.You'vegotabuildingfullofgreatminds,

sotherecouldbeanevenmoreeffectivewaytoencouragenetworkingamongtheattendees.

9 What was your overall impression of this event?(70 Respondents)


20/21

9.Whatwasyouroverallimpressionofthisevent?(70Respondents)OverallImpression % CountIlovedit! 55.70% 39Ilikedit 37.10% 26Itwasjustokay 4.30% 3

Itwasn'tasgoodasexpected 2.90% 2

IthinkIwastedmyday 0.00% 0Other 8.60% 6


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OverallImpression

Ilovedit!IlikeditItwasjustokaytwasn tasgoo asexpecte

IthinkIwastedmydayOther

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